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May 2004 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in May 2004, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in May 2004

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st May 2004State one non-religious argument for treating men and women equally at work, based on the idea of shared human rights.
  2. 2nd May 2004Give the Latin term for the Protestant doctrine that salvation is by faith alone.
  3. 3rd May 2004Give one non-religious (for example, Humanist) reason for believing death is the end of a person's existence.
  4. 4th May 2004In which surah of the Qur'an does the verse most often quoted in these debates about the value of a single life appear?
  5. 5th May 2004In which year, and against whom, did Russell debate the cosmological argument on BBC radio?
  6. 6th May 2004Give one factor, other than education, that might cause someone's belief to change after a religious upbringing.
  7. 7th May 2004Give one practical need a refugee is likely to have immediately after arriving in a host country.
  8. 8th May 2004Give the primary, most commonly taught meaning of the word jihad for most Muslims, most of the time.
  9. 9th May 2004Suggest one reason a sociologist would treat addiction as a 'risk factor' for crime rather than a 'cause' of crime.
  10. 10th May 2004Complete the quotation: 'I was in prison and ______' (Matthew 25:36).
  11. 11th May 2004In what year was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted?
  12. 12th May 2004State what Zakah is calculated as a percentage of.
  13. 13th May 2004Give one word for the Christian belief that God is present and active within creation and human life, as opposed to being distant and uninvolved.
  14. 14th May 2004According to James 2:26, what is faith without deeds compared to?
  15. 15th May 2004According to Hebrews 4:15, what does the belief that Jesus is 'tempted in every way, just as we are' mean for how Christians view God's understanding of suffering?
  16. 16th May 2004State the name given in some churches to a service that welcomes a baby without using water, instead of infant baptism.
  17. 17th May 2004According to 1 Corinthians 12:12, what does Paul compare the Church to?
  18. 18th May 2004State whether 'widespread dishonesty in business' is described as a minor or a major sign of the Last Day.
  19. 19th May 2004Give one term used for the mosque in Jerusalem associated with the Isra.
  20. 20th May 2004Name the prophet believed to have been given the ability to understand the speech of birds and animals.
  21. 21st May 2004Give one area of genuine scholarly disagreement about who is exempt from Hajj or umrah.
  22. 22nd May 2004Roughly which direction does the qiblah point to from the UK?
  23. 23rd May 2004State whether sadaqah is compulsory or voluntary for Muslims.
  24. 24th May 2004What is the legal document that finally ends a marriage in England and Wales, since the 2022 reforms?
  25. 25th May 2004Name the person who typically leads a Christian wedding service and gives a sermon or address.
  26. 26th May 2004Give one piece of scientific evidence, other than the fossil record, that is used to support the theory of evolution.
  27. 27th May 2004State one difference between the idea of dominion and the idea of stewardship.
  28. 28th May 2004What does Jacob see in his dream, according to Genesis 28:12?
  29. 29th May 2004What process does suffering enable, according to the Irenaean theodicy?
  30. 30th May 2004State what is meant by retaliation.
  31. 31st May 2004In the Sermon on the Mount, what does Jesus tell his followers to do instead of retaliating against an attacker?